April Winchell, Author/Actress/Internet Sensation, to Appear at Powell's

Online, June 14, 2010 (Newswire.com) - PORTLAND, Oregon (June 14, 2010) - April Winchell, actress, author and creator of the irreverent website Regretsy will be appearing at Powell's City of Books this Saturday, June 19, 2010, at 2 p.m.

Regretsy: Where DIY Meets WTF (Villard) is a comic tour de force highlighting the ill-conceived, bizarre, and downright laughable attempts at arts and crafts items available for sale on the Internet. Under the pseudonym Helen Killer, Regretsy was launched as a blog in October 2009 and within a week was drawing 2 million visitors a day, quickly establishing Regretsy as a comic clearinghouse of house-clearing handcrafts gone horribly, horribly wrong.

Handmade? It looks like you made it with your feet.

With wit, outrageousness, and seemingly no sense of shame, April Winchell has endeared herself to legions of fans and artists alike by calling attention to chicken ponchos, wearable hummingbird feeders, and more "artistic" reproductive organs than you can shake a poorly crafted stick at. Filled with photos, acerbic commentary, and hilarious, yet poignant essays, Regretsy has even spawned its own lexicon to describe the otherwise indescribable.

A former member of world-renowned comedy troupe, The Groundlings, April Winchell has enjoyed a multi-faceted career in entertainment as a talk radio host; voice actress in hundreds of animated movies and television programs; writer for the classic sitcom, Roseanne; and in the business world as a copywriter and producer, winning every major advertising award in the world. Winchell was named by Los Angeles Magazine as the 21st Funniest Person in L.A.,, making her funnier than Eddie Izzard, but not quite as hilarious as Johnny Knoxville. Her father, the late Paul Winchell, was beloved by millions as the original voice of Tigger.